Tropy entered Neo's study.
"Neo?" Neo came out from behind his rebuilt machine. He had converted the Evolvo-Ray, Morpho-Ray, Combination Ray, Termination Ray and Cortex Vortex into one big machine. It had rotating nozzles for each ray suspended above the subject tables. Brio was working with beakers and test tubes at a workbench on the side of the room. NGin was in his lab working on new prototypes.
"What now I'm busy."
"I have our first subjects ready, but two of them are longer living."
"Fantastic, and what about that thing you seem to be working on?" Neo asked.
"It is ready." Tropy said as Brio turned around and walked over to the two of them.
"Which one is alive?" Brio asked.
"The passenger, I left the pilot at the crash site."
"I hope NGin's fixed the shield." Neo said.
"He must have been transporting the lion to a zoo." Brio said.
"What did you say it does?" Neo asked Tropy.
"I have not yet. This has the details and instructions to explain everything." Tropy handed Neo and Brio thin A4 sized booklets. They both read them thoroughly; Brio shook his head after the first few pages popped more painkillers and gave it back to Tropy.
"You really have lost it now Tropy. Telekinesis, you're crazy! There is no evidence that it truly exists."
"Really? What about Jaseo Bilby and Madame Amberly?" Tropy replied.
"That's different, Jaseo has a mutated increase in the amount of electricity that his body would naturally produce and Amberly has completely metal hands that discharge electricity."
"Yes but how do you think it is controlled?"
"Yes I know they must be controlled by neurological nerves passing through the arm the from the CNS and brain but this is remote connection, as in lifting up an object just by looking at it."
"Nikola Tesla was able to illuminate light bulbs by the transmission of particles through the air, this experiment will be about magnifying physiological energy from one living thing to another object or being."
"But Tesla's machines were about coils and incredible amounts of energy, and I doubt it will be possible to convert physiological energy into physical energy."
"That is what my upgrade to the Vortex will achieve." Tropy said. Neo was still reading the manual smiling with impression.
"And even if it does work how do you know the subject will not turn against us like all the others have. There is not one machine that can completely define will power indefinitely. The technology that Neo used on past subjects back-fired and there is now not one that chooses to work with any of us, probably because some of them remember what they did when they were under his control" Neo finished reading the last page.
"I think it is one of the best ideas we have ever come up with." Neo finally said.
"I think you two are mad. I do not want anything to do with it. And anyway I promised Meg that I would stop using the evolvo-ray after Ernest." Neo looked surprised.
"Stop using the evolvo-ray? But you love using it. But you used to evolve any animal you came across. What's happened to you Brio?"
"After spending more time away from the castle I have finally realised the damage we have all caused."
"Oh come on Brio, why after all these years do you only start thinking about ethics now? They're just stupid, primitive beasts."
"These machines change that. You have no idea what they are actually like, you've never actually spent time with them like I have and realised the effect it can have on some of them."
"I knew going to those Potoroos was a mistake. You never used to be like this at all. You're just no longer as much of a visionary as us Brio, just think of the possibilities. If someone had the power that machine could give they could make entire armies flee in horror! Countries would be at our feet in a matter of hours!" Neo said. Brio shook his head as he turned away.
"If you have a problem doing these experiments now then why did you help rebuild and upgrade the evolvo-ray?" Tropy asked.
"It's personal."
"Is it to do with that visit of yours to Sydney and removing those bolts in your head?" Neo asked.
"Yes and that is all I am going to say about it." NGin and Bob with three lab assistants entered the lad carrying Jake and Toba.
"Ah the test subjects, put one on each table." Neo said. The lab assistants placed them each on a table and secured them down with metal clamps.
"What are you lot up to now? NGin asked.
"Our new experiment." Neo replied.
"My new experiment." Tropy said.
"Are they alive?" Brio asked.
"Both subjects are not responding." Bob replied.
"What?!? How? The human was still alive when we found him! What happened?" Tropy demanded.
"It appears the human suffered cardiac arrest." Bob answered.
"Great, now we are going to have to find another test subject for my first experiment!" Tropy moaned.
"Bad luck Tropy, but we can still do our own human-animal morphing like Amberly did once, even though they're dead." Neo replied. Brio grinned with a bit of satisfaction that Tropy's experiment will not go ahead.
"*sigh* I better do the back-round checks on them anyway, we still have internet do we not Brio?" Tropy asked.
"Yes."
"So have you fixed the turbine?" Neo asked NGin.
"I haven't really got round to it."
"It's been nearly a year now!"
"Oh has it, time really flies these days here don't they?"
"Lazy sod." Neo said. Tropy then left for the comms room, closing the door behind him. Outside the caslte, Aku and Uka then appeared at one of the lab's windows behind the scientists.
"What are you doing here brother?" Uka asked.
"Like you, I felt a strong sense about this outsider and decided to see what Neo and possibly you are planning next."
"Neo is on his own now."
"Right, put your goggles on. Bob, activate the Copy-ray!" Neo said, they all put the goggles on and Bob went up to the machine and turned it on. Lights on the machine lit up with a loud hum then the nozzle on each ray turned a bright yellow. A loud beam shot out of the Copy-ray turning the whole lab a blinding white. When it finally subsided they all noticed the human was still the same as before. They all took off their goggles,
"Oh well, better luck next time Neo." Brio said. Megumi then came running into the lab.
"Brio?!? I thought you said you were never going to use the machine again!"
"I didn't. I just sort of helped rebuild it that's all, It's ok Meg, the subjects were already dead, we just wanted to see if the copy-ray worked."
"They were already dead?" She asked.
"Yes."
"Promise?"
"Yes." Megumi went up to Toba and tested for any life then when up to Jake.
"Failed again! NGin, I thought you said the machine was fixed."
"The original machines were, this new Copy-Ray may need a bit of work though." NGin replied.
"Why didn't you tell me it wasn't ready?!?"
"That was what I was going to tell you but I didn't want to ruin the moment. You looked so excited," Brio and Meg grinned. "The copy-ray only needs another a few minor adjustments, that's all."
"And perhaps another energy crystal I think I still have a spare one around here somewhere, help me look for it." Neo said. Only Bob and the lab asisstants helped Neo look for it while Meg examined Jake and Toba.
"What were you intending to do anyway?" NGin asked.
"Tropy wanted to give this guy telekinesis."
"Who is he?" Megumi asked.
"Tropy's finding out now." Brio said. As Megumi moved closer to Jake's face his eyes suddenly burst open. Before she had a chance to say or do anything Jake broke free of the right arm clamp and grabbed her throat and started to choke her. The scientists turned around at the sound of the metal snapping and froze.
"*choke* Brio, I th-thought you said he was d-dead."
"I did, Bob-" Bob suddenly seemed to shut down and restart.
"System diagnostics confirm that there was previously a system error in the senses detection processor." Bob said.
"It appears that you all thought wrong." Jake said.
"P-please don't hurt her" Brio pleaded.
"Give me one reason not to by first telling me what the fuck is going on!"
"We thought you were dead so we thought we would use the copy-ray on you." Neo replied.
"Copy-Ray? Copied from what?" Jake demanded. Meg then looked over to Toba on the other table. Jake followed her eyes and saw Toba's body.
"Toba!" Jake threw Meg into Brio's arms and she hugged him tightly in fear. *CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!*. Jake broke free of the other clamps. They all watched as Jake went over to Toba.
"Toba?!?" Jake said as he checked him for life. He soon discovered his neck was broken. He slowly turned and glared at the others with intense anger. He went up to Neo and held him by the throat as he pushed him through the opposite window to which Aku and Uka were and held him over the long descent to the sea.
"You killed him!" Jake shouted.
"N-no we didn't, we were told he was also dead." Neo replied.
"Then why the fuck is his neck broken?"
"Perhaps from the crash?"
"He was still alive when we crash-landed! Which one of you cunts killed him?!?"
"T-Tropy f-found him!" Brio said.
"What did you just say?!?" Jake said as he turned around.
"T-Tropy, h-he was the one who brought him to us!" Jake shook his head as if trying to snap out of a bad dream.
"You better not be lying to me!" He then threw Neo across the floor of the lab. Neo slowly got up. "Where is he?!?" Jake demanded.
"H-he's in the comms room." Brio said.
"And where's Shaun, my pilot?" Brio popped some more pills.
"Only you and Toba were brought here." Brio answered. Jake started to lose focus and any feeling around his body.
"What the hell is happening to me, why have I gone numb?!?" Jake demanded.
"It must be the machine." NGin replied.
"You're ganna fucking pay for this. You're all dead!" Jake swayed a little before slowly dropping to his knees and just managed to grab Brio.
"I would kill you but I sense you are already dying," Jake said. They all watched as he finally descended to the floor. He was crouching down then slowly rose again with a very emotionless look on his face. "I have something to tell you."
"What?" Meg asked. He looked at Aku and Uka then stared directly past Neo, NGin, Bob, Brio and Megumi to the door, his lips mouthed something but nobody inside the room heard what it was. He then passed out on the floor.
(And that's part one. PLEASE R+R!!!!!!!!! it's been up for ages and still I have no idea what people think of it)